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Welcome the first of hopefully many episodes focussing on micromobility.

In this episode we talk with Lisa Conibear, Zoomo UK & EU Regional Director. Zoomo are an innovative micromobility company - they describe themselves as “The World’s leader in light electric vehicles (LEVs) and after-market servicing built on the experience of thousands of delivery riders.”

Subjects discussed:

e-bikes for individual couriers and commercial use

subscription models

last mile delivery

city transformations through cycling infrastructure

cool tech

shared micromobility

e-bike theft prevention technology 

predictive maintenance 

and some job openings at Zoomo!

Zoomo on EV Directory https://www.evdirectory.co/listings/ebikes-scooters/australia/sydney/zoomo/

Ridezoomo.com

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In this tech primer we talk about some of the challenges around AI and autonomous vehicles, and why self-driving taxis haven't appeared as quickly as we might have expected.

This is a massive subject and we're just scratching the surface in this pod.

Subjects Covered

- AI basics and levels of autonomy

- Why self-driving software differs from 'normal' software development

- Static scene recognition

- Further capabilities required for a self-driving vehicle

- Hardware

- Companies working in the self-driving space - and their challenges

- Future and timelines

Links

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanceeliot/2019/12/20/explaining-level-4-and-level-5-of-self-driving-cars-in-plain-english/?sh=6cfe82484709

Predictive AIhttps://wayve.ai/blog/predicting-the-future/

California Department of Motor Vehicles - Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit Holdershttps://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/autonomous-vehicle-testing-permit-holders/

Technical blog on autonomous vehicles https://towardsdatascience.com/ai-and-the-vehicle-went-autonomous-e176c73239c6

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a31122014/tesla-testing-autonomous-mode-12-miles/

https://blog.waymo.com/

State of AI report - very detailed presentation from AI investors (covering a range of industries)https://www.stateof.ai/

https://www.futurebridge.com/uncategorized/autonomy-delay-current-challenges-and-bottlenecks/

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How is the EV market going to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic? We explore a number of factors:

- the impact on global GDP- overall global car market- improved environment and buyer sentiment for EVs- reluctance to use public transport- oil prices plummeting- market shakeup - what does the ‘new normal’ look like? Who knows...

“Gas prices would have to fall below $10 per barrel - or go into negative territory - before gas-powered vehicles can start challenging EVs' low operating costs.”

“We’re not hearing of BEV supply chain investments being scaled back or deliberately delayed”

“Europe BEV sales forecast for 2020…is 625k which is 75% up on 2019”

https://www.venson.com/Media/ViewNews/177

https://lmc-auto.com/news-and-insights/covid-19-bev-sales/

https://www.transportxtra.com/publications/local-transport-today/news/65343/people-will-be-reluctant-to-use-public-t/

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Oil-Price-Crash-Wont-Stop-The-Tesla-Boom.html

https://www.buick.com/shop-click-drive

Turn up the nice birdsong sounds at the start :-)

Forgot to mention EU emissions directive as well. What an amateur! :-)

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In this episode we visit the EV Experience Centre and have a (slightly unplanned...) quick spin in a BMW i3S - which was a lot of fun.

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